After the Affair, Third Edition - Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been

"Full of juicy, concrete advice to heal from an affair." --Esther Perel, MA, LMFT, New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs From a clinical psychologist who served as a clinical supervisor in the Department of Psychology at Yale University, received the CPA''s award for Distinguished Contribution to the Practice of Psychology, and has treated couples and trained therapists for over four decades, this newly updated, award-winning book provides concrete, proven strategies for those who seek to survive their partner''s infidelity and to rebuild the relationship after an affair. There is nothing quite like the devastation caused when a partner has been unfaithful. Hurt partners often experience a profound shattering of their familiar and valued sense of self and fall into a depression that can last for years. For the relationship, infidelity is often a death blow. This new third edition of After the Affair , with more than 600,000 copies sold, helps guide both hurt and unfaithful partners through three stages of healing: normalizing the crisis, deciding whether to recommit to their partner, and rekindling trust and sexual intimacy. It includes a new section in which patients ask questions not addressed in previous editions, and the author provides concrete strategies for earning trust and forgiveness.

About the author

Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., is a nationally acclaimed expert on issues of trust, intimacy, and forgiveness. In private practice in Westport, Connecticut, she is the author of the award-winning How Can I Forgive You?, The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To, and Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent.

Product details

• Authors: Spring, Janis A Spring, Janis A. Spring
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780063045293
• ISBN: 978-0-06-304529-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating, Psychotherapy: couples and families, Relationships and families: advice and issues, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Divorce & Separation, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dysfunctional Families, WOMEN'S STUDIES: PSYCHOLOGY, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Conflict Resolution, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Marriage & Long Term Relationships, PSYCHOLOGY: COUPLES & RELATIONSHIPS, PSYCHOLOGY: Psychotherapy / Couples & Family